Monday, June 14. 2010

There were a lot of projects being worked on yesterday, I think I will just lump them here in a Wood Shop post.

Lamp Innards

The last ceiling lamp fixture for the Sand Springs 68 seemed to have some damage. A little tricky to do, but we got it dis-assembled enough to make repairs. The coiled wire in the image needs to be re-soldered to the outside of the copper lamp cup. It did not happen yesterday since the correct tools were not available.

Bird Nests

George Clark is almost done stripping off the old siding from the Lake Shore Electric 810. The nests behind this section seem to indicate there were some hitchikers along the way.

Depot Door

Thanks to Jeff Calendine from the steam shop, who stopped by the woodshop and volunteered to help mill slots in the new rails and stiles for the depot door project.

Two Divided by Three

What to do when you have two new doors to be worked on, and three volunteers? For the ME 28, they all crowd in on one of them! Left to right, Norm Krentel, Jeff Brady, and Dan Fenlaciki

451 Hardware

Jon Fenlaciki has almost singlehandedly taken on the task of cleaning and fixing all of the brass sashed windows for CA&E 451. The heavy rains in the afternoon put a damper on that, so he switched to cleaning and remounting window hardware for the four new drop sash. They are all brass covered with layers of paint and years of oxidation. But Jon knows the secret ingredients to bring back the luster - Brasso and Elbow Grease!

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Jeron G. about Early February woodshop activiesSun, 03-01-2015 16:46That was sprayed on the cab while
at East Troy. The locomotive is
TE-1. It was built for Toledo
Edison, and worked there its entire
life until [...]

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activiesSat, 02-28-2015 21:28Hello Bill I hope someone from
the Electric Car dept will respond
to your question. I believe one
of the members wrote that on the
engine. It [...]

Roger Kramer about Early February woodshop activiesSat, 02-28-2015 21:24Hello Mr. Fan. I was wondering if
you ever had conveyed your
interest to the team restoring the
plow? Not being involved but
knowing the members [...]

Raphael about Energy in the Steam DeptSat, 02-28-2015 18:16while 428's cab is still on the
ground, there could be some
premature painting and decals that
could go on the outside of the cab

Bill McCoy about Early February woodshop activiesSat, 02-28-2015 15:50The last picture in the woodsshop
report shows the Electroliner and a
yellow steeple cab with a CNS&M
monogram and spray painted number
454. Could [...]

CGW RR fan about Early February woodshop activiesFri, 02-27-2015 12:17The UP sticker could be for a truck
trailer.
The headlight is neat. However for
the accuracy nut, the plow
originally had a style of Pyle
[...]

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update January 2015Fri, 02-27-2015 11:44Mike,
Yep. We always like to think she
may have been operated by Casey
...... but we will never be sure.
Nigel

Nigel Bennett about Steam Department Update January 2015Fri, 02-27-2015 11:42Zach,
At this time we will not be
offering "Take the Throttle" on
1630 this year.
The issue is that, after not
running for a number of years, we
[...]

Zach Kaye about Steam Department Update January 2015Fri, 02-27-2015 09:34I am curious as to whether or not
you will be offering cab rides on
1630 this coming season. I
understand you did not offer any
last year, as it was [...]

Dave Zeman about Early February woodshop activiesWed, 02-25-2015 22:04Hey I saw on the home page on the
scroll ad for mother's day,is that
shelter in the picture new? It
looks as if it is right across the
mainline by the [...]